McCASTLE v. SHEINKOP

No. 64240.

121 Ill.2d 188 (1987)

520 N.E.2d 293

JAMES McCASTLE, Appellant, v. MITCHELL B. SHEINKOP, M.D., LTD., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Clinite, of Chicago, for appellant.

Kevin T. Martin, George F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., and Ruth E. VanDemark, of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago, for appellees Mitchell B. Sheinkop, M.D., Ltd., and Mitchell B. Sheinkop, M.D.

Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, P.C., of Chicago (James T. Ferrini, Richard G. Howser, Donna Wamack Cruz and Helen Marie Ryan, of counsel), for appellee Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center.

Saul J. Morse & Associates, Ltd., of Springfield (Saul J. Morse and Eric A. Artman, of counsel), Winston & Strawn, of Chicago (Calvin Sawyier, of counsel), and Jenner & Block, of Chicago (John B. Simon, Russ M. Strobel, and Ellen R. Kordik, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois State Medical Society.


Order vacated; cause remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 5, 1986, plaintiff James McCastle filed a medical malpractice action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants Mitchell Sheinkop, M.D., and Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. Thereafter, defendants filed motions to dismiss for failure to attach to the complaint the attorney's affidavit and health professional's report as required by section 2...

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